Abstract
The purpose of this study was to examine the ability of children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) to identify the emotions of others in social situations. More specifically, this study examined whether there were accuracy differences in identification of emotion in a speaker’s voice within multisensory matched or discrepant social contexts between children 5- 16-years-old with a diagnosis of ASD and children with typical development. The results of this study revealed that children with ASD exhibited impairment relative to children with typical development on both matched and discrepant condition tasks. Children with ASD also exhibited impairment in emotion understanding regardless of age. However, children who were reported by their parents as participating in at least one mainstream class and/or extracurricular activity performed better on emotion perception tasks than those who did not report participation in these naturalistic social contexts.
Advisor
Furey, Joan
Department
Communication Studies
Recommended Citation
Cook, Brittany Ann, "The Good, The Bad, and The Evil-ish: A Quantitative Study of Multisensory Emotion Perception in Children with and without Autism Spectrum Disorder" (2015). Senior Independent Study Theses. Paper 6871.
https://openworks.wooster.edu/independentstudy/6871
Disciplines
Child Psychology | Communication Sciences and Disorders | Developmental Psychology | Psychology | School Psychology | Social Psychology | Speech Pathology and Audiology
Keywords
autism spectrum disorder, emotion perception, social understanding, multisensory
Publication Date
2015
Degree Granted
Bachelor of Arts
Document Type
Senior Independent Study Thesis
© Copyright 2015 Brittany Ann Cook